Manuscript revised March 1, 2001. † Information and Computer Science, University of California Irvine; ‡Department of Computer Science, Ewha Womans University *This work was supported by the NSF through grants ANI-0083074 and ANI-9903427, by DARPA through Grant MDA972-99-1-0007, by AFOSR through Grant MURI FA9620-00-1-0330, by grants from the University of California MICRO Program Hitachi, Hita...

Much information has been published on the relationship of lipides to tumorigenesis (17), but most of the work has been concerned primarily with the more quantitative aspects of lipides in tumors and in the tissues of tumor-bearing ani mals. Investigations on the course of lipide bio genesis have been few. In a continuation of earlier work in this laboratory with normal animals (23), it seemed ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate pelvic floor muscle strength before and after vaginal birth. DESIGN Prospective repeated measures study. SETTING Main district hospital. POPULATION Fifty-five women: 25 primiparae and 20 multiparae following vaginal birth, and 10 women following elective caesarean delivery as a control group. METHODS Pelvic muscle strength was evaluated by palpation, perineometry a...

Pruritus ani (PA) is a chronic unpleasant itching and/or burning sensation in the perianal region that affects up to 5% of the population. It can be secondary or idiopathic, and it can dramatically affect the quality of life of the patient. A substantial number of patients do not respond adequately to the majority of treatments available and the pathophysiology of PA has not yet been completely...

Bu çalışmada, farklı biyokütle atıkları kullanılarak aktif karbon ilk defa ani (flaş) ısıtma yöntemi ile üretilmiştir. Ani yöntemiyle üretilen karbonlar, sulu çözeltiden amoksisilin gideriminde adsorbent olarak kullanılmıştır. Adsorpsiyon deneyleri sonucunda elde edilen verilere adsorpsiyon izoterm ve kinetik modelleri uygulanmış termodinamiği araştırılmıştır. Üretilen karbonların (AMX) kapasit...

Vocal plasticity reflects the ability of animals to vary vocalizations according context (vocal repertoire) as well develop vocal convergence group signature) in interaction members social groups. This feature has been largely reported for oscine, psittacine and trochilid birds, but little investigated birds that present innate vocalization. The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a bird live...